Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Conquering a Relative Disadvantage - Catching Up With Russia and China Using AI for Intelligence, Fires Warfighting on

By Douglas Stansbury, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense

The U.S. military is in a position it has not experienced since the end of the Cold War, one of having to play catch up with its peer adversaries. While the United States focused on counter-insurgency operations, its adversaries watched, learned, and developed capabilities which put the military in a position of relative disadvantage. Russia, in particular, demonstrated a reconnaissance-strike capability during the Russo-Ukraine war which the U.S. military could not match. As the United States endeavors to close these gaps, the question becomes in what new technologies should it invest? Artificial Intelligence is an emerging technology with limitless military applications. Where can the U.S. military leverage this technology to re-establish overmatch against its peer competitors is the question this research paper seeks to answer.Human-AI teaming in the form of autonomous drones linked to strategic and operational level fires enabled by AI assisted deconfliction measures is one area the U.S. military will close a demonstrated capability gap and regain overmatch without sacrificing acceptable risk levels.This compilation also includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.Teaming autonomous drones with operational and strategic level fires enabled by AI assisted deconfliction measures is one area where the U.S. military will close a demonstrated capability gap and regain overmatch without sacrificing acceptable risk levels. The proposed teaming of AI augmented Intelligence and Fires systems will enable the U.S. military to regain a portion of overmatch with its peer competitors through speed and information. Artificially intelligent drones will hunt for the enemy without putting U.S. servicemember's lives at risk. Teaming drones with operational and strategic fires enable rapid response. An AI augmented deconfliction system will quickly clear fire missions and greatly speed up the targeting cycle. Maintaining information and tempo superiority will enable the military to remain firmly within the enemy's decision cycle and place the enemy in a position of relative disadvantage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1700528319
• ISBN13: 9781700528315
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"